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H. G. PORTMANN. COMBINED CARRIAGE, CRADLE, AND CHAIR.

No. 377,270. Patented Jan. 31, 1888.

HENRY G. PORTMANN, OF ST. LOUIS,

PAT NT Orricn.

MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO \VILLIAM IV. PORTMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CARRIAGE,

CRADLE, AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,270 dated January 31, 1888.

Application filed August I, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. PORTMANN, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Ohilds Carriage, Cradle, and Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a perspective view of the part of the combined carriage and cradle to which the invention applies. Fig. II is a detail section at the connection between an axle and rocking bolster. Fig. III is an enlarged detail section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a detail view showing the bell-crank closed to prevent the bolster from rocking. Fig. V is a detail view showing the bell-crank open, which permits the bolster to rock. Fig. VI is a front elevationshowing the body in place. Fig. VII is an end view showing the body removed and a chair-body substituted.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined childs carriage, cradle, and chair; and my invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Beferring to the drawings, 1 represents the axles, and 2 the side bars, which are secured to the axles near the spindles 3.

4 are extensions of the side bars, (which are shown part broken away,) which serve as a handle for the carriage.

5 are standards placed at the center of each axle, and which fit loosely in a mortise, 6, in the middle of each rigid rocker 7 8 are pins placed horizontally through the center of each rocker 7, and which pass through a trapezoidal-shaped slot, 9, in each of the standards 5. These pins fit loosely in the slots 9 and permit the rockers to work on the axles (upon which they rest) when the device is used as a cradle.

10 is a bar which connects two bell-cranks, 11, (one at each end ofthe bar,) by hinge-joints 12. The bell-cranks are pivoted at 18 to the axles. The bell-cranks have projections 14, situated near their free ends. These projections are of such a size as to fit snugly in the Serial No. 245,966. (No model.)

upper portion of the slots 9 in each of the standards 5.

are the springs, their respective ends being secured to the respective ends of the rock ers and having holes 16 in the center, to which the bed of the carriage and cradle may be attached. (See Fig. VI.) The springs are secured to the rockers 7 by any suitable means. The rockers may be made longer or shorter than as represented in the drawings without altering their general form.

17 are the wheels of the carriage, and 20 the body, which may be made in any form de sired.

\Vhen so desired, the body of the carriage may be removed and the body 21 of a chair (see Fig. VII) put in its place, and thus, by the use of the mechanism described, the device may be formed at will into a rocking or stationary chair.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to use the device as a carriage or stationary chair, the bell-cranks 11. are placed in the position shown in Figs. I and IV, the projections 14 fitting in the slots 9 in the standards 5. While in this position the rockers will be held rigid and prevented from moving on the axles.

\Vhen it is desired to use the device as a cradle or rocking-chair, all that is necessary to do is to pull on the connecting-bar 10,which operates the bell-cranks l1, and the projections 14 will be pulled out of the slots 9, as shown in Fig. V and by dotted lines in Fig. I, which permits the rockers to operate or move freely on the axle. A very cheap combined carriage, cradle, and chair can thus be made.

A I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a combined childs carriage, chair, and cradle, of the body-springs, rigid rockers to which they are connected at their respective ends, axles on which the rockers bear, and a-suitable device for connecting the parts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a childs carriage, 820., the combination of axles, standards on the axles, rockers with mortises in which the standards fit, and a suitable device for preventing the rockers from moving on the axles when the device is used as a carriage, substantially as set forth.

3. In a childs carriage, &c., the combination of the axles having slotted standards, rockers having mortises in which the standards fit, pins 8, connecting the rockers to the standards, and means for connecting the rockers to the axles when the device is used as a carriage, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I 4. In a carriage, &c., the combination of the axles having slotted standards, rockers having mortises in which the standards fit, and a device for holding the rockers from movement on the axles when the device is used as a carriage, said device consisting of bell-crank le- 15 vers and a connecting-rod, the levers having projections fitting in the slots of the standards above the rockers, substantially as set forth.

5. In a childs carriage, &c., the combination of the axles 1, side bars, 2, rockers 7, hav- 2o ing mortises 6, springs 15, slotted standards 5, bell-cranks 11, projections 14, and connectingbars 10, substantially as and for the purpose Set forth.

HENRY G. PORTMANN. In presence of- J AS. E. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT. 

